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[Mike]

First off, let me introduce myself.....

My name is Mike, I am 27yrs old and I live in Miami, FL. I have found the site when I was looking through allot of information on the GT40 and decided to join the bandwagon. At the moment, I am just an enthusiast and have been a long time fan to the GT40 name. I mostly like the mk2's, especially those that were powered with 427's. I have driven allot of sports cars since I was 18 yrs old but this car is just the only one that I have yet to experience and enjoy. Hopefully, if I ever get a better job or win the lottery, this will be the first car in my list. Right now, all I know is that I got Pathfinder Motorsports north of me in Melbourne, FL and I am in the works to pay a visit to them when i have my vacation. If anybody has a personal GT40 that is near me that wouldn't mind shedding some info on the car, that will make my day! Beside that, I hope that just being here in the forums will be a pleasant experience and I can get allot of education out of it.

 

[Jack]

Hi Mike, welcome to the forum. If you are interested, I'm working on my RCR Superlite Coupe. The RCR40 shares a bit with the SL-C.
I'm near Melbourne in Palm Bay..about 2 hours from you straight up I-95.

 

[Mike]

sounds interesting......... I see that you are using an LS1 for your chassis. Definitely will have to go up there and take a look and maybe have lunch when I have the chance to get away from work for a few days. Did you have to do any modifications to the mounts to get that LS1 in?

 

[Jack]

Mike, PM sent. Chassis has motormount crossmember
welded in. OEM Corvette mounts on engine, solid mounting. Easy!
The RCR chassis & suspension are like jewlery.

 

[Mike]

very interesting to hear, beside that...... is your LS1 a stock block or is it moddified? I have a friend of mine that has a pontiac trans am that has an LS1 and all he has is just a magicstik cam, slp intake, slp headers and exhaust with a decent tune for nitrous. I can't remember the numbers that he produced but I can say that it was one serious LS1. I rode in that car a few times and everytime I rode in it, it was an adrenaline rush, lol.

 

[Jack]

Mike,
Slightly modded LS1 to 430HP. Stuck in the chassis again tonight to finalize some plumbing stuff. Took 22 minutes (timed by wifey).

 

[Mike]

nice!!! pretty impressive to do that all in 22 minutes

 

[Jack]

Not all that much to do...